#arthurrrrrrrr

[the-smile-of-a-veil]

I really love playing John I think in every upcoming rdr game there should be a part where you can play John

[badbuge]

“For what it’s worth, you always look a little sad, and I don’t know if it was the fire or what, but you look a little less sad. Good for you.”

[micallum]

Cassy, arthur has a scrunchie on his wristtrttrrrrrr

[hallo-catfish]

oh god, oh no

[books-wine-and-something-clever]

“Merlin: The Mirror of Fate” Review

Okay, I’m going to start this one off immediately with a spoiler:

ARTHURRRRRRRRRR YOU DARLING LITTLE CINNAMON ROLL. OH MY GOD YOUNG ARTHUR AND MERLIN MAKES MY DAY!

Okay, now that I got that out of the way, we can get on with the actual review. It starts off with Merlin and Hallia getting up to shenanigans like young-in-love teenagers do, when Nimue returns and just decides to ruin Merlin’s day by stealing his sword and just being a general nuisance, really. Merlin and Hallia go on a journey to retrieve Merlin’s sword and meet a young man along the way, who is on a secret mission to find an artifact--a key that will unlock any spell, but only once--that will save his master. It is later discovered, after Merlin uses the artifact to release the marsh ghouls, who had been under Nimue’s spell and doing her bidding, that the boy is Arthur--the one who Merlin is inexorably tied to in the distant future--and that the master that Arthur serves is Merlin himself.

Le gasp!! 

But seriously though, it was fantastic. It was actually my favorite book thus far in the whole series, simply because of the interactions between Arthur and old Merlin and young Merlin. You see the bits and pieces of Merlin’s great destiny coming together and also changing in the subtlest of ways. In several spots, I actually laughed out loud at the running commentary in the book, because Sassy Merlin is my favorite kind of Merlin and anyone who says otherwise... well, that’s their opinion, but he’s my favorite, haha.

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fruityshirts replied to your post “Reading your CaregiverArthur thoughts and I want to send you all the...”

Agreed! I definitely think a large part of Arthur's motivation is to push boundaries and enjoy the possibilities of the dream space. I've always thought of it as the manifestation of his own personal addiction to dreaming.

Yessssss, precisely!

And hey, JGL agrees with us, so wooooo! From the production notes, he says:

“But as fastidious and professional as he is, Arthur didn’t want to apply his organizational skills to being a lawyer or doctor or any of the things he could have been because sharing dreams is fascinating. It’s not just a job for him. I think the technology of dream sharing is something that has inspired him since he first heard about it so, ultimately, it’s not the money he’s doing it for. He wouldn’t risk his life for a good paycheck. He loves it.”

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I'm the anon from earlier and Arthur actively collecting creative people is my new favorite idea. I think it's certainly part of why he puts up with Cobb. Like, Cobb must have created masterpieces once. He wants to see THAT guy again. He is the one who teaches Ari most of the basics and I think he would be invested in her career. Mostly, I think it's an interesting way look at his relationship with Eames. I have a lot of thoughts about that but, not a lot room so I guess I'm shutting up.

My reply got so long it’s beneath a cut, for the sake of everyone’s dashboards.

1. About Cobb:

See, the thing is, I think Cobb - unhinged and mad with grief as he is - still creates masterpieces. In the context of the movie, Cobb insists on performing seemingly impossible things with regularity.

Saito’s like, “Perform Inception for me,” and Arthur’s like, “No way, not possible,” and Cobb’s like, “YEAH, IT IS.”

Saito is impressed when Cobb pulls off a two-level dream. And then Cobb’s like, “YEAH, NOW INCEPTION REQUIRES THREE LEVELS.”

Yusuf’s like, “Nah, nah, three levels is not possible,” and Cobb’s like, “YOU CAN DO IT WITH A SPECIALISED SEDATIVE, YOU CAN DO THAT, YEAH!”

The only person who does something similar is, funnily enough, Eames (“No, it’s perfectly possible, it’s just bloody difficult.”). And I can sort of see where Eames’ semi-contempt for Cobb comes from. Aside from the fact I think Eames is quite careful and self-preserving, and probably views unhinged Cobb with horror, I think he sees enough similarities between himself and Cobb to be displeased. True geniuses very rarely get along with one another. It’s partly ego, and partly just how seeing one’s strengths and foibles reflected in another person - so similar and yet so different - can rub one the wrong way.

2. About Eames:

AHAHAHAHA, you know what the funny thing is? I wrote whole paragraphs on how Arthur’s creative-people-collecting might have influenced his relationship with Eames, then deleted it because it looked like I was going off on a tangent. Feel free to bombard my inbox with multiple messages, I think you can add Pt. 1, Pt. 2, etc. to make it easier to follow. I have seen it done by other anons!

But can you imagine how it might’ve gone down with Eames? Here’s Arthur - who loves associating with creative people, who loves fostering new dreamshare talent - encountering Eames, talented (incredibly hot) forger. HE MUST ADD HIM TO HIS COLLECTION.

So Arthur makes his usual overture of friendship and offer of collegial collaboration (and maybe he hits on Eames as well, WHO KNOWS), fully expecting his respect to be reciprocated in the manner it was offered.

BUT ALAS. Arthur has a natural superciliousness to his tone, an arrogance in his look, and EAMES TAKES ARTHUR’S GENUINE COMPLIMENTS THE WRONG WAY.

Look at this jumped up (unbelievably attractive) little bastard, Eames thinks. What does he think I am, a two-bit amateur who needs handholding and guidance?

And so Eames says something cutting, maybe something along the lines of how dull, unimaginative people probably do need to hang onto as many creative people as possible, if they want to get ahead in dreamshare.

And Arthur’s like, What the fuck. What the everloving fuck. What a complete asshole. And he… well, he doesn’t flounce away, because he’s Arthur, but he probably stalks off to go be scarily competent at his part of the job.

And Eames is scarily competent at his role, and they part with a mutual respect for one another’s skill, but a deep-seated conviction that the other is a complete dickhead.

(I seriously believe Arthur was trying to give Eames a genuine compliment when he said, ‘Eames, I am impressed’, but LOLLLLLL, it sounded so, SO arrogant, and I laugh every time I think about it. Oh, Arthur, you vain, sometimes unintentionally arrogant peacock, I love you so fucking much.)

[albionshope]

~Time Skip~ I hope the townspeople didn't hold themselves back. You did in fact, put their lives in danger by freeing that girl. Now, Arthur, what do you have to say for yourself.-Uther!Anon (I'm enjoying this as well~)

Arthur shook some fruit and a few pieces of tomato out of his hair and glared up at his father. “I have done nothing wrong.”